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STALKER 2 Heart of Chornobyl

Should You Help or Kill Squint?

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STALKER 2 Heart of Chornobyl Should You Help or Kill Squint
A guide on whether you should help or kill Squint in STALKER 2 Heart of Chornobyl. See what happens if you help or kill Squint and the outcomes of both choices.

Warning: some gameplay-related spoilers lie ahead.

Help or Kill Squint Choice Results

Affects Behind Seven Seals Main Quest

Choice Results
Help Squint Unlocks Piece of Cake side mission to obtain the Ward Sensors in exchange for the Mold artifact.
Kill Squint Obtain the Ward Sensors immediately and removes Squint from the rest of the game.

The choice between choosing to help or kill Squint appears after finding him hiding inside the windmill east of Zalissya as part of the Behind Seven Seals main quest.

Behind Seven Seals Walkthrough

Should You Help or Kill Squint?

Help Squint to Obtain a Side Mission

Retrieving a Mold Artifact

If you choose to help Squint, you will need to complete the Piece of Cake side mission. This requires you to retrieve a Mold Artifact, defeat a bloodsucker, and exchange the artifact for the Ward Sensors.

Piece of Cake Walkthrough

Keep Both the Mold Artifact and Ward Sensors

Return to Squint

Once you return to Squint with the Mold Artifact, you have another option to turn it in or keep the artifact for yourself. You can hand over the artifact to get the Ward Sensors to complete the side quest.

If you choose the latter, Squint will become hostile and you will need to kill him to loot the Ward Sensors from his body.

Kill Squint to Get the Ward Sensors Immediately

Squint Dead

If you want to skip the side quest entirely, you can choose the [Attack] dialogue option and kill him to loot the Ward Sensors. Afterwards, you can still choose to get the artifact for yourself. Additionally, you can still give the Ward Sensors to either Richter or Capt. Zotov. There is no lasting consequence to killing Squint.

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2 Anonymous Anonymous 12 months

He would join the Spark and would thank Scar for his help

1 Ikke  Ikke  12 months

I saw him a second time after I left him alive. There wasn't much time in between. I can't remember exactly where. He couldn't leave the zone, but had other good uses for the artifact. He thanked me and wished me a safe journey.

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